Lowry puts controversy behind in comeback bid (see in the Province)
April 3, 2010 by Jaime · Leave a Comment
Steve Lowry will be making a comeback to the ring Saturday at Rumble at the Rock VII. Lowry was on track to make Canada's Olympic team before a controversial decision cut his bid short. Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, PNG, The Province
After eight-year hiatus, super lightweight puts gloves back on
By Steve Ewen, The ProvinceApril 2, 2010
Steve Lowry could have lied.
The 36-year-old Vancouver Astoria Club super lightweight, who is making his return to the ring after an eight-year hiatus as part of the Rumble at the Rock VII undercard, could have easily flown past a question about his loss at the 1999 Canadian nationals in a sweaty gymnasium in Campbell River.
Lowry had been hyped in B.C. as a contender for a spot at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and he had pummelled Regina’s Dana Laframboise so thoroughly in the national quarterfinals only to lose the decision that then provincial team coach Scotty Jackson, a veteran of more than 30 years in the game at that point, called it, “probably the worst decision I’ve seen in my life . . . a guy chases another guy around the ring and beats the tar our of him and loses?”
It was a lifetime ago, though, wasn’t it? He could have bobbed and weave past that question, but he stood there and took it.
There’s something endearing about honesty, isn’t there?
“Yeah, I do wonder what would have happened had the scoring been different,” said Lowry, a 5-foot-5, 133-pound Williams Lake native. “People were talking Olympics. It would have been nice. What else can I say? It would have been nice.
“I really don’t regret anything. I came to fight. I gave it my all.
“Is it the most disappointing loss? Yeah . . . one of them. I’ve had some disappointments, but that was one of the bigger ones.” Read more
Weighing the odds of a successful comeback (seen in the Vancouver Sun)
April 3, 2010 by Jaime · Leave a Comment
Boxer Steve Lowry, once touted as a potential Olympian, is getting back into the ring for the next Rumble at The Rock in Richmond. He is training at the Fraser Arms after an eight-year hiatus. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, PNG, Vancouver Sun
Steve Lowry once had a promising future in the ring, but after stepping away to raise his daughter, he’s answering the bell one more time.
By Yvonne Zacharias, Vancouver SunMarch 25, 2010He was once the golden boy of the ring, a guy with blazing hands and a head that moved as though dodging phantoms.
Once touted as a potential Olympian, Vancouver boxer Steve Lowry gave up his shot at glory for the daughter he loves, coupled with one senseless loss in the ring that sent him reeling.
Now, after an eight-year hiatus, the former Golden Gloves amateur is stepping back into the ring at the age of 36 for the seventh Rumble at the Rock pro boxing card on Saturday, at the River Rock in Richmond. Read more
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